hólǫ́

ho- (“space, area, things”) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -lǫ́ (neuter imperfective stem of root -LĮĮD, “to exist”).

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hólǫ́

1. there is, there are

   tó hólǫ́ ― there is water

2. he/she/it exists, is located somewhere
3. he/she/it has

   Kii bimá dóó bizhéʼé hólǫ́. ― Kii has a mother and father.

   Kii bimá dóó bizhéʼé bighan hólǫ́. ― Kii’s parents have a home.

This verb refers to existence and location. When describing what or how something is, use the verb nilį́ for animate subjects, and átʼé for inanimate subjects.

This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective mode.

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni).

• ádin

• hólónę́ę (“what was in existence”)
• hólónę́ęgóó (“to where it used to exist”)
• hólónígíí (“that which exists”)
• hólǫ́ǫgo (“because there are”)
• łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí (“cephalopod”)

• nilį́
• átʼé